Sunrise and sunset will be about 1 hour earlier on than the day before. Slowly adjusting your sleep schedule about a month in advance can lessen the time change's blow. When local daylight time is about to reach Sunday, October 29, 2023, 3:00:00 am clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, October 29, 2023, 2:00:00 am local standard time instead. How can people prepare themselves for the time change? Department of Transportation, which oversees daylight saving time, says the additional sunlight later in the day saves energy, results in fewer traffic and pedestrian fatalities, and reduces lawlessness, since 'more people are out conducting their affairs during the daylight rather than at night, when more crime occurs.'Ī permanent shift could mean more children get ready for school and adults head to work in the dark. It turns out that, as it is with many other issues and national debates, there are competing special interests with a lot of money at play. Should we turn the clocks forward in the spring and set them back in the fall? If not, then should we either stick with daylight saving time or the more traditional standard time? The fight over daylight saving time has been going on for more than 100 years now.
Well, Americans agree on the problem but not the solution.
